Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Fall Furniture Re-do

My Fall furniture re-dolast year was working on my dining room chairs.I had thought about refinishing them for several yearshaving grown tired of them being brown.They were quite pretty as they were, butI was tired of them,so I knocked out four in one weekend!:)

First, sanding with 60 grit sandpaper.

I know ~ really, really rough.

It took off the varnish really fast and I was careful

not

to knock down any of the carvings.

As pieces of sandpaper wore down on the legs and seat,

I would use the still good parts, folded

to get into the grooves of the

chair carvings and around the little flower parts.

On the caning, I just lightly sanded the fronts and backsides.

The caning was already worn from

years of use, so I was pretty sure it would take the paint

really easily.

It did.

:)

Tip: When you refinish your furniture, you may want to go over

your piece with a much finer grain sandpaper after

the first coarser sanding to close your wood grain

before painting.

Just did a light dry-brushing so some of the grain and dark would show through.:)

I didn't do that as my hands gave out...

But, I am pretty happy with the results!

Now these chairs have a kind of

chalk paint-feel to them!

:)

Really loving how they turned out!

I just dry-brushed the

white paint onto the chair,

lightly going over the carved parts.

Now, this fall to finish the other two.

;)

Here are the chairs in our dining room at one of my teas this past winter

(a mini preview of Christmas-time!!!)

Happy decorating and redoing around your home!

Blessings to you,

Barb :)

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